Inspiration (Yngwie Malmsteen album)

Inspiration
Studio album by Yngwie Malmsteen
Released 1996
Recorded Studio 308 in Miami, Florida; Heptagon Studios in Malmö, Sweden
Genre Heavy metal, hard rock, progressive rock, neo-classical metal
Length 56:59
Label Music for Nations
Producer Yngwie Malmsteen, Chris Tsangarides
Yngwie Malmsteen chronology
Magnum Opus
(1995)
Inspiration
(1996)
Facing the Animal
(1997)
Alternative cover
2000 reissue
2003 remastered edition
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Inspiration is a tribute album by guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, released in 1996 through Music for Nations (Europe) and Pony Canyon, Inc. (Japan), and reissued in 2000 through Spitfire Records; a remastered edition was reissued in 2003 through SPV GmbH. It consists entirely of covers of various bands who influenced Malmsteen.

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Carry On Wayward Son"   Kerry Livgren 5:09
2. "Pictures of Home"   Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice 4:56
3. "Gates of Babylon"   Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio 7:12
4. "Manic Depression"   Jimi Hendrix 3:39
5. "In the Dead of Night"   Eddie Jobson, John Wetton 6:11
6. "Mistreated"   Blackmore, David Coverdale 7:29
7. "The Sails of Charon"   Ulrich Roth 5:05
8. "Demon's Eye"   Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice 4:53
9. "Anthem"   Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart 4:18
10. "Child in Time"   Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice 8:07
Total length:
56:59
Japanese edition bonus track
No. Title Writer(s) Length
11. "Spanish Castle Magic"   Hendrix 3:07

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